Button-setting machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G'. E. TEMPLE & E. T. BOLTON. BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

No. 392,647. Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G. E. TEMPLE & P. T. BOLTON.

BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

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CHARLES E. TEMPLE AND FRANK T. BOLTON, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392.6%7, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed February 8, 1887. Serial No. 226,971.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, humans E. TEMPLE and FRANK T. BOLTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Button-Setting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to machines for setting buttons; and it consists of the peculiar combination of devices and novel construction and arrangement of the various parts for service, substantially as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Among other things our invention has for its object to provide a button-setting machine with an endwisemoving die, which is held perfectly true in its movements, to insure the proper and effective clinching of the buttonfastener; to provide an improved rotary carrier, which is arranged to move in a vertical plane, and with a stepby-step movement to automatically and-properly adjust the buttons carried thereby to the die; and, further, to provide mechanism of simple construction for automatically moving or feeding the carriage one step on each retrograde movement of the die; and, finally, the object of ourinvention is to provide an improved button-setting machine which shall possess superior advantages over others of its class which have preceded it, in points of simplicity, strength, and durability of construction, ease and eificiency of operation, and cheapness of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation taken from one side of a buttonsetting machine embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of that portion of our machine above the table. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line x as of Fig. 2, but on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 4,to illustrate the manner in which the switch operates to move or feed the carrier; and Fig. 6 is a detached detail view of the support looking at the front side thereof, to more clearly show the grooves or channels and the switch.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts (No model.)

in all the figures, A designates the table of our improved button setting machine, which is supported rigidly in place upon a suitable standard, a, to the lower end of which are rigidly secured the diverging legs a. WVe do not, however, desire to confine ourselves to any specific form of table or frame, as we are aware that the same can be very widely varied. Upon this horizontal table A is rigidly affixed, in any suitable manner, a vertically-disposed standard, B, and the vertical rotary carrier or magazine 0 is journaled or hung upon a suitable shaft, c, in the upper extremity of the standard. This standard 13 has an enlarged base, b, one end of which extends or projects beyond the standard proper, as at I), so that the vertical carrier lies above or overhangs the same, for a purpose presently described. The base I) has a longitudinal slot or recess, (2, formed in the lower part thereof; but this slot or recess does not extend the entire length of the base, and the free projected end 6 of the base has a vertical opening,d, formed therein. In this vertical opening of the base is fitted the vertically-movable die I), which is guided in its sliding movements and held from rotary movement by any preferable means-as, for instance, a feather and groove, as clearly shown.

The horizontal table A has a slot, a which aligns with the slot d of the base, and in these slots works a horizontal lever, E, which is hung or suspended at an intermediate point of its length, as at 6. One end of this lever is adapted to operate the vertically-movable die D, to impel the same against the carrier, and the opposite end of this horizontal lever is connected with a foot-treadle, E, by an intermediate rod, 6 The lever may be connected with the movable die, or it may rest or bear against the same, and the downward movement of the die is limited by the lever, which is held in place by the treadle, that is in turn controlled by a spring, E. This treadle is preferably hung at an intermediate point of its length from one of the diverging feet a, and the spring is connected at one end to the treadle and at the other end to the standard or one of the legs. The free end of the treadle is normally held in an elevated position by the spring, and the die is thereby normally ICO leased the latter and die are returned automatically to their normal positions, to be in condition for immediate use. We do not, however, desire to claim or confine ourselves to the specific device for operating the die, as the same is described in a prior patent, No. 345,740, issued to us on the 20th day of July, 1886.

The vertical rotary carrier is provided with a broad annulus or flange, F, which may be formed or cast integral therewith, or it can be made separate from the carrier and detachably secured thereto by suitable devices, as in our prior patent hereinbefore referred to. This annulus projects or extends beyond one of the vertical faces of the carrier, and in this edge are formed open slots f, which receive the shanks of the fasteners, while the buttons lie within or rest upon the inner sides of the flange.

The annular flange F of the carrier or magazine projects at right angles from the body thereof, and the buttons and connected fasteners are fitted in the slots of the flange, upon which the die acts to force the fastener through and clinch the same on the leather, the flange thus serving as an anvil, as set forth.

The upper end of the endwise-moving die is reduced, as at g, and on the upper extremity of this reduced neck 9 is formed or secured the head D of the die, the upper face of which may have suitable grooves or channels formed therein for the reception and proper clinching of the button-fastener.

H designates asupport which is fitted around the reduced neck of the die and beneath the head thereof, so that it is rigidly held or fixed in place thereon. This support is carried by the die in its vertical movements, and it carries mechanism for automatically feeding the carrier one step upon the retrograde movement of the die, to properly adjust the succeeding button and its fastener in position to be operated upon by the die. This support is provided with a vertical arm, I, which is arranged out of line with the carrier. One face of the support is arranged in close proximity to or actual contact with the inner face of the carrier, and on this face of the support is formed a groove or channel, J, to be more fully described presently. The inner face of the car- .rier has a series of pins or studs, 2', projecting outwardly toward the support, which are adapted to successively enter the channel J and be acted on by an automatic switch, K, which operates to feed or move the carrier with a step-by-stcp movement. The channel or groove J of the support is provided with an enlarged upper portion,and one side thereof is curved, as atj, so that when the support is depressed this curved side of the channel thereof will act in conjunction with the switch upon the pin or stud 'i to expel the same from the straight part of the channel and thereby feed the carrier.

The switch is provided with the curved sides It It and tapered to a point, and it is pivoted at its upper end to the support, as at It". The free tapered end of this switch is arranged between the entrance and exit points of the channel, and it is normally pressed against the straight side of the channel by a spring, K.

It will be seen that the die is arranged in line withthe carrier and that it acts against the periphery of the same.

Although we have shown and described the carrier and die arranged in vertical planes, still it is obvious that they can be disposed in horizontal planes without departing from the spirit of our invention.

This being the construction of our improved button-setting machine, the operation thereof is as follows: The buttons and their fasteners are first placed properly in the carrier, after which it is adjusted so that one of the pins thereof impinges against the side is of the automatic switch. The work to which the button is to be fixed is held beneath the carrier, and pressure applied to the treadle to impel the die against the work and the latter against the carrier, so that the fastener is forced through the work. The support is carried upwardly with the die, so that the pin of the carrier will press the yielding switch to one side, and thereby permit the pin to enter the groove beneath the switch, and when the spring E returns the treadle and die to their normal positions the support is forced downwardly and the pin rides between the curved edges j k of the support and switch, which thereby serves to feed or move the carrier one step forward.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a button-setting machine, a pivoted button magazine or carrier, comprising a disk having an annular flange at an angle to its body, said flange being slotted for the reception of buttons and connected fasteners, and serving as an anvil,substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In, a button-setting machine, a magazine or carrier comprising a disk pivoted to a standard and having an annular flange, said flange being slotted for the reception of buttons and connected fasteners, in combination with a die operating against the flange, and mechanism for feeding the carrier or maga:

zine, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

8. In a button-setting machine, a centrallypivoted magazine or carrier having an annu lar flange extending at rightangles to the body and slotted for the reception of buttons and connected fasteners, in combination with a sliding die arranged to act against the flange, and mechanism carried by the die for moving the carrier with a step-by-step motion, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

4. In a button-setting machine, the combination of a rotatable carrier, an endwise-moving die, and an automatic switch for moving 6. In a button-setting machine, the combi-- nation, with a carrier and a die, of a support fixed to the die and having the straight and curved sides, and a spring-actuated switch located between the straight and curved portions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a button-setting machine, the combination of a standard provided with a fixed base, a die working and guided in the base,a carrier hung upon the standard in line with the die, and having a series of pins on one side and a slotted flange projecting from the opposite side, a channeled support carried by the die and arranged in close proximity to the side of the carrier on which the pins are arranged,and an automatic switch on the support for acting on the pins, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. TEMPLE. FRANK T. BOLTON. Witnesses:

JOHN D. BELL, C. T. NOBLE. 

